All
Glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga! September 8, 2005
Krishna Era 5233
Dear
Kusakratha Prabhu,
Please
accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila
Prabhupada.
I
am very sorry to hear that you are facing more complications
with regard to your physical body. You are using this
devastating illness to show the world how to be a
surrendered soul of Sri Sri Krsna-Balarama.
It
was wonderful to see you last March in Vrndavana,
blissfully performing your daily duties, visiting
Krsna-Balarama Mandira, taking kichari prasädam
in association with the devotees, etc. As you have
been brilliantly successful in your long thirty-six
years of devotional service to ISKCON, I am sure that
you will also be fully victorious in this present
effort.
Shortly
after Srila Prabhupada's departure from this world,
you began to translate and publish classical Sanskrit
and Bengali Gaudiya Vaisnava works into the English
language. By excavating these literary treasures at
an overwhelming rate you rejuvenated the devotees
of ISKCON who felt great sorrow and emptiness in the
absence of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Srila
Prabhupada.
I
cannot tell you how much value your empowered service
has meant to ISKCON thus far and how much more it
will be magnified in times to come. You are a great
atiratha warrior who has single-handedly launched
thousands of astras to defeat Mayas army.
You
worked quickly, without wasting a moment for sense
gratification. You did not marry, nor get involved
in any mundane relationships, including even the formality
of taking sannyasa - although it must be admitted
that you are indeed a unique sannyasi. Your mind,
words and body are fully absorbed in Krsna's name,
form, pastimes and paraphernalia and you have remained
chaste and faithful to your beloved spiritual master,
Srila Prabhupada.
A
partial list of your more than 200 Krsna Library translations
are: Vedanta Sutra, Svetasvatara Upanisad, Gopala
Tapani Upanisad, Brahma Vaivarta Purana, Sri Garga
Samhita, Stota-ratna, Munkunda Mala, Visnu Sahasra
Nama, Madhvacarya's Tattva-Muktavali, Sri Caitanya
Bhagavat, Srila Rupa Goswami's Hamsaduta, Laghu-Bhagavatamrta,
Lalita-Madhava, Padyavali and Stavamala; Srila Sanatana
Goswami's Hari Bhakti Vilasa and Brhad Bhagavatamrta;
Srila Jiva Goswami's Sandarbhas and Gopala Campu;
Srila Ramandanda Raya's Jagannatha Vallabha; Srila
Kavi Karnapura's Caitanya-candrodaya, Caitanya Carita
and Gaura Ganodesa Dipika; Srila Narottama dasa Thakura's
Prarthana and Prema-bhakti-candrika; Srila Prabhodananda
Sarasvati's Caitanya-candramrta and Vrndavana-mahimamrta;
plus extensive works by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti
Thakura, Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana, Srila Bhaktivinoda
Thakur and others.
Some
of the literature that you have translated is so confidentially
elevated that many devotees are not yet ready to grasp
it. Nevertheless, these immortal works now stand as
a vast body of reference material for the Vaisnava
community to consult.
Aside
from accurately transmitting the words of the acaryas,
you have also rendered thousands of pages of glorification
of Krsna through your personal English poetic composition.
Some of these compositions have been published though
many have not, as of yet.
We
pray that you completely recover from this illness.
However, if it is the Lord's will that you depart,
then please rest assured that you have enriched the
sankirtana movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. You
are, in my opinion, one of the stalwart ISKCON workers
whose accomplishments are truly astounding. I know
Srila Prabhupada is most proud of his dear son, Kusakratha
Prabhu, who has sacrificed his life for Krsna's sake.
If
there is any service that I can render you, kindly
inform me.
Your
servant and friend,
Danavir
Goswami
A
Letter to Kusakratha Prabhu